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Michal Šmarda (born 31 January 1971) is a Czech former football midfielder and current coach. A midfielder, Šmarda played in the Czech First League on over 300 occasions, winning the competition with Sparta Prague in 1999.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 31 January 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Czechoslovakia | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Hradec Králové | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990–1996 | Hradec Králové | 82 | (5) |
1996–1998 | Sigma Olomouc | 56 | (2) |
1998–2000 | Sparta Prague | 13 | (3) |
1999–2000 | → Chmel Blšany (loan) | 19 | (2) |
2000–2002 | Viktoria Žižkov | 71 | (5) |
2003–2007 | Hradec Králové | 16 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Bohemians 1905 | 27 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2008–2012 | Hradec Králové (assistant) | ||
2012–2013 | Jablonec (assistant) | ||
2013–2016 | Zbrojovka Brno (assistant) | ||
2017–2018 | Hradec Králové (assistant) | ||
2018 | Vysočina Jihlava (assistant) | ||
2018–2020 | Slovácko (assistant) | ||
2020–2021 | Sparta Prague (assistant) | ||
2021–2022 | Prostějov (assistant) | ||
2022–2023 | Viktoria Žižkov | ||
2023 | Prostějov | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He played in the Czech First League, making over 300 appearances for clubs including SK Hradec Králové, FK Viktoria Žižkov and SK Sigma Olomouc.[1][2] He won the 1998–99 Czech First League with Sparta Prague. Šmarda played the final match of his professional career in May 2008 and subsequently moved into coaching.[3]
Šmarda became a coach at Hradec in the Czech 2. Liga in 2008 immediately after ending his playing career.[3] Due to injury problems in the first-team squad, Šmarda played the full 90 minutes in a friendly match for Hradec Králové in February 2012 against FC Astra Ploieşti.[4] In May 2012, Šmarda followed Hradec Králové manager Václav Kotal to FK Baumit Jablonec, becoming assistant manager there.[5] In September 2013, Šmarda joined Zbrojovka Brno alongside Kotal. The duo left the club in June 2016.
In July 2017, Šmarda returned to Hradec as an assistant coach.[6] Šmarda then moved to Vysočina Jihlava on 2 January 2018 under manager Martin Svědík.[7] In November 2018, Svědík was fired and Šmarda took charge of the team on interim basis until 6 December 2018.[8] Later in the same month, Šmarda joined Slovácko once again under Svědík.[9]
In February 2020, he was reunited with Václav Kotal at Sparta Prague.[10] The duo left the club one year later, in February 2021.[11]
In April 2023 Šmarda was announced as the new manager of Prostějov.[12]
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